Department of Criminal Justice
Dr. Melissa Barlow |
Dr. Melissa H. Barlow is Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Director of the Institute for Community Justice at Fayetteville State University. Dr. Barlow received her Ph.D. in Criminology in 1991 from Florida State University and has been teaching criminology and criminal justice for twenty-one years. Prior to joining the faculty at Fayetteville State University, she taught at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, and at South Carolina State University. Dr. Barlow is co-author of Police in a Multicultural Society: An American Story (Waveland, 2000) and has published articles on the history and political economy of crime control policy, crime and justice in the news media, and race and class issues in criminal justice. She is currently researching the impact of incarceration in hard hit neighborhoods in the Fayetteville area. Dr. Barlow’s practical experience in the field of criminal justice includes having worked as a correctional officer in a federal prison, a volunteer and consultant in juvenile justice, a police training consultant, and a member of a coalition to develop community justice alternatives to incarceration. She is committed to educating for social change and promoting social justice in criminal justice.
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